This is our ANNUAL ChDC Holiday Party and possibly Spring Forward Social!!

LOCATION: Hadensville Fire Co #6 - 4810 Three Chopt Rd, Louisa, VA 23093. (Go South on Rt 606 just west of Duke's Auto, to the parking lot entrance on your left.) The meeting room is on the southwest side of the building, going in the door farthest to the right when facing the building.

1:00PM - Potluck Luncheon and social hour. Bring your favorite dish to share! Hospitality (bottled water, plates, cutlery, etc.) will be provided by the club. Bring your favorite holiday dish to share.

Meeting & Festivities: 2:00pm General ChDC meeting. After the business meeting is completed, the fun of the traditional Gift Exchange will be enjoyed for those members that would like to partake (not mandatory!!) Those that would like to participate should bring a ~ $15 gift for EACH family member that wants to participate. This is always lots of fun for folks of all ages!

This is a reminder that Annual Dues are due (postmarked) by 1/31 in order to participate in the P4M Program. Annual INDIVIDUAL Membership dues are $10.00, and are the same for a FAMILY membership. An individual membership allows for 1 person to pick plants at the annual Plants for Members Distribution meeting (as long as the rest of the requirements have been met), and a family membership does the same. If more than one person in the family wants to grow plants that are distributed through the Plants for Members program, each individual must have a membership to the club (i.e. 1 member picking = 1 FAMILY membership, but 2 family members picking would require 1 INDIVIDUAL membership and 1 FAMILY (or a 2nd INDIVIDUAL) membership.)

If you are not a member of the club but would like to join and get involved, we would be more than happy to provide you with the membership registration form and talk to you about this fantastic club!! Please email the club account at charlottesvilledaylilyclub@gmail.com for additional information and a membership form. (For security purposes, we do not have the membership form attached to this event as it has a mailing address on it, but we will email you the form upon request.)

Dues can be paid at an upcoming meeting, or mailed to Carol Sarginger (Treasurer.) Again, please be aware that current memberships must be paid by January 31st in order to be eligible for the Plants For Members Program.

Speaker Meeting: Speaker info not available yet -

LOCATION: Hadensville Fire Co #6 - 4810 Three Chopt Rd, Louisa, VA 23093. (Go South on Rt 606 just west of Duke's Auto, to the parking lot entrance on your left.) The meeting room is on the southwest side of the building, going in the door farthest to the right when facing the building.

TIME: 1:00pm POTLUCK LUNCHEON. 1:00PM - Potluck Luncheon and social hour. Bring your favorite dish to share! Hospitality (bottled water, plates, cutlery, etc.) will be provided by the club. We will open the building at 12:45pm, potluck luncheon/social hour will begin around 1pm, and the meeting will start at 2pm. Plans are for the Speaker meeting first if one can be lined up, and then the regular business meeting afterward so that the speaker can get back on the road toward home.

LEWIS GINTER SPRING PLANT SALE

Lewis Ginter's spring plant sale (both Lewis Ginter and outside vendors) is Friday, May 2nd - Sat, May 3rd in the upper parking lot of the Lewis Ginter Botanical Gardens. (Members: 9am-12pm Friday, Public: 12pm-5pm Friday, 9am-5pm Saturday.) The website recommends that you take your own wagon with you if planning to purchase a significant amount of plants.

Many companion plants are available for purchase all through the parking lot (pitcher plants, annuals and perennials, shrubs, you name it), along with daylilies for sale by the Deb's Daylilies and RADS. There's also a special tented area of plants grown by Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden Society.

Gil Manor Spring Sale & Swap
You can see just about everything at this sale and swap - animals, plants, concrete statuary, flea market, as well as great Amish/Menonite foods and goods for sale. It's a great day, but be prepared to get started very early in the morning to be able to see everything - it pretty much wraps up early in the afternoon and it's huge so it takes a while to get around to everything.

PLANTS FOR MEMBERS DISTRIBUTION - THIS IS A SATURDAY FOR 2026!!!

LOCATION: Hadensville Fire Co #6 - 4810 Three Chopt Rd, Louisa, VA 23093. (Go South on Rt 606 just west of Duke's Auto, to the parking lot entrance on your left.) The meeting room is on the southwest side of the building, going in the door farthest to the right when facing the building.

TIME: 1:00PM - Potluck Luncheon and social hour. Bring your favorite dish to share! Hospitality (bottled water, plates, cutlery, etc.) will be provided by the club.
2:00PM - Business meeting, with the Plants for Members Distribution to follow for eligible members.

The 80th Annual National ADS Convention will be held in Valdosta, GA from Wednesday May 20 - Saturday May 23, 2026.

There will be gardens, bus tours, food, auctions, boutiques, and and lots of other goodies!! There will be several open gardens for you to get a feel for the beautiful daylilies growing in this part of the country, all the way across the country!!!

https://www.ads2026national.org/

NOTE: Current deadline for the 2026 National meeting registration without late fee is April 1, 2026. Late applications accepted until May 1st, or until sold out if that occurs earlier!! (If you register before Jan 31st, 2026, you may be entered into a drawing for a refund of your registration fees as per the 2025 guidelines - haven't verified this yet...)

RADS (RICHMOND AREA DAYLILY SOCIETY) SPRING SHOW AND SALE.

LOCATION: Lewis Ginter Botanical Gardens.

RADS will have their spring daylily show and sale beginning at 9am at Lewis Ginter Botanical Gardens. Daylilies will be available to purchase as well as a wonderful viewing of daylilies presented in the show after judging is complete, typically around 10am.

REGION 3 REGIONAL - @ SOUTHERN VIRGINIA
Region 3 Gardens/Open Gardens (mix of tour gardens and open gardens below):
- Connie George (Friday, Sunday)
- Tena Felts (Friday, Saturday)
- Serenity Gardens
- Debbie Parsons
- Belinda Sheppard
- Woodhenge Gardens (Friday AM, Sunday AM)

Meeting and Banquet: Dogwood Room, 313 Franklin
Hotel: working on this...

FALL 2026 AUCTION
LOCATION: Hadensville Fire Co #6 - 4810 Three Chopt Rd, Louisa, VA 23093. (Go South on Rt 606 just west of Duke's Auto, to the parking lot entrance on your left.) The meeting room is on the southwest side of the building, going in the door farthest to the right when facing the building.

TIME: 12:00PM for plant intake. (The building will open at 11:30am for set-up and preparation for plant intake.) Members are encouraged to bring their club plants and any plants that they are donating for the auction in for registration and sorting between 12:00pm - 12:45pm. The business meeting and auction will begin around 2pm, give or take a bit of time depending on what we are still trying to get entered into the system.

1:00PM - Potluck Luncheon and social hour. Bring your favorite dish to share! Hospitality (bottled water, plates, cutlery, etc.) will be provided by the club.

2:00pm - ChDC Business meeting, then the Auction will commence right after the Business meeting.

EVERYONE IS WELCOME to come - you don't have to be a CLUB MEMBER to participate in this auction (to bid or to donate!!) Even if you are a guest, you can bid on any and all plants that you want during the auction! BRING FRIENDS!!! We'd love to have you and your friends. Come and see what it's like to be involved with our club!

Lewis Ginter Fall Plant Sale - lots of plants, trees, shrubs available for purchase from 9am-5pm on Friday and Saturday in the parking lot outside Lewis Ginter Botanical Gardens. (NOTE: Thursday is a pre-sale event for Lewis Ginter members only, but we have some members that are probably LG members...) The horticulture center always has a tent sale full of amazing items as well. You can find fall bulbs and plants from a myriad of vendors, the Iris Society usually has great iris, and RADS will have a booth with daylilies available for purchase.

Gil Manor Fall Sale & Swap
You can see just about everything at this sale and swap - animals, plants, concrete statuary, flea market, as well as great Amish/Menonite foods and goods for sale. It's a great day, but be prepared to get started very early in the morning to be able to see everything - it pretty much wraps up early in the afternoon and it's huge so it takes a while to get around to everything.

LOCATION:

TIME:
ACTIVITY: SPEAKER MEETING
1:00PM Potluck luncheon (bring a dish to share - hospitality and drinks provided by the club.)

The club will provide hospitality for the potluck luncheon. Club members are going to be asked to provide their own materials for the Gnome Houses, but you a list of items that work for it will be provided here at a date closer to the event.

LILYHEMMER!!

October 15-17 is the Region 3 Fall Meeting held AT A NEW LOCATION!!! The Wyndham Garden in York PA will provide us a much better facility that is bigger and better accommodates our program. And no one will need to navigate steps. The Lilyhemmer committee is making plans for the greatest meeting ever. It is a fun fall weekend getaway with a full daylily program, including many speakers, meals, games, auctions, and hospitality. Finish the season with a bang!

Official events are scheduled noon to noon, October 15-17, 2026. Many attendees arrive early on Thursday and enjoy the informal preview, with scheduled activities Friday and Saturday.

Reward for new attendees:
- Reduced attendance fee!!
- Typically, in order to encourage new attendees, they are offered a nice daylily plant, minimum value of $35, to each new attendee. And there are lots of other prizes.

Huge prizes:
Lilyhemmer attendees can win lots of prizes during the raffles and games we play.

Link to Lilyhemmer registration and site: http://ahsregion3.org/ListByTag/LILYHEMMER_REGISTRATION/

Speaker Meeting: Speaker TBD

LOCATION: Hadensville Fire Co #6 - 4810 Three Chopt Rd, Louisa, VA 23093. (Go South on Rt 606 just west of Duke's Auto, to the parking lot entrance on your left.) The meeting room is on the southwest side of the building, going in the door farthest to the right when facing the building.

TIME:
1:00pm POTLUCK LUNCHEON and social hour. Bring your favorite dish to share! Hospitality (bottled water, plates, cutlery, etc.) will be provided by the club. We will open the building at 12:45pm, potluck luncheon/social hour will begin around 1:00pm.
2:00PM: SPEAKER MEETING:
~3:30PM 2027 Planning Meeting - We will have the Speaker meeting first, and then the regular business meeting afterward so that the speaker can get back on the road toward home. REMINDER: This is the Planning meeting for club meetings, events, and activities for the upcoming year(s.) Suggestions for next year's speakers and other club events are needed in order to help the club thrive with new activities!! Also, we will need garden host volunteers for the Club Summer Open Gardens!